006- Video; Action for Blackthorn

[used_friendship]

[Action]

[It is early in the evening when he finally begins to stir. A hand slowly reaches up to rub at tired eyes as they blink into focus, Naruto staring up at the ceiling above him. Immediately he frowns as memories of new and old jumble together. It had felt like a dream, though it couldn't have been. Why didn't he have chakra? Oh yeah- Johto.

Feeling the presence of someone else in the room distracts him as he turns his head to the side, immediately greeted with the sight of long, flowing red hair.]

....So when are we going to Violet? [You hit hard enough to knock him out Mom, he'll concede this time.]

[Video]

[A little time later the Pokegear shows Naruto sat on a bed as an excitable Carnivine is wrapped around his shoulders, happily chewing on his head once again. Some things never change!]

So--yeah. I guess that thing happened to me, y'know, when people fall asleep and have the dreams? But they're not real dreams? [Descriptive as always. On that subject though, there are some people he wants to talk to. He should probably send them some private messages.]

Oi Neji. Sasuke. I wanna talk to you guys.

[...Or just do it that way instead. He has a pretty serious look about him for once, so they should probably get in contact with him.]

[With a huff he moves around and attempts to unwrap the Carnivine from around him. Since he has it on, he may as well ask that question he had before the coma stuff happened.]

I'm still gonna go check out that dragon place up here, the one Tenten told me about. What's the best dragon type out there? I have Ryūka-chan already, she's a Charizard now and she's grown really strong.

Comments

[believeit]

It's a plan to put the whole world under some stupid genjutsu. That guy, he thinks changing the world into how he wants it and controlling everyone in it is gonna bring peace. but it won't.

[ghostpepper]

Whaaaaaat?! That's the stupidest thing I ever heard! You can't control what everyone in the world does! I mean you could try, but it would go over like... like tomatoes in ramen!

[It's just not right. You don't defile something as sacred as ramen with such a gross and messy fruit.]

[believeit]

I know it's stupid! Like I said, but that's what he wants to do!

[That's it, that's Obito. He is mushed tomatoes in the wonderful world that is ramen.]

[Now that's he's explained though, Naruto falls silent. It isn't easy, when all he wants to do is talk, to ask the thousand questions he has.]

[aflashoffaith]

It's more important to stop him than to figure out the why, I think.

[Did it really matter why he wanted to turn the world into an illusion? There was rarely time in the middle of a war to contemplate the reasons behind what they and their enemies were doing. Though now that they were here, away from all of it...]

Hardly sounds real, does it.

[Not that he doubted anything his son was telling them, but the idea of the Hokages being revived, fighting against the Juubi, casting a genjutsu powerful enough to capture the entire world... it was more than a little fantastical.]

[ghostpepper]

Yeah, but you'll stop him.

[It's not a hopeful expectation. Kushina puts it like a concrete fact as she looks directly at Naruto. He carries her and Minato's will, their hopes, and their dreams into a future they hadn't thought they'd see or hear about. And now he also had her unwavering faith that he could take down the man ultimately responsible for their deaths.]

[believeit]

We will. [We. He, Dad and Sasuke. plus those other dead Hokage guys, he guesses.

But they WILL stop him. They have to.]

I wish I could explain it all better, I know I'm not good at that stuff, but I don't even know what's going on most of the time either. It's complicated.

[aflashoffaith]

I'm sure there's a lot going on, it would be difficult to find the time to contemplate it all when you're trying to fight as well.

[It was enough though, wasn't it? Naruto had mentioned the basic points... and while Minato was curious as to why he and other Hokage had been brought back, and really any detail his son could offer, Naruto had given them the basic gist of things.]

You're okay though? Back home?

[He hadn't mentioned anyone LOSING ARMS or anything so...]

[ghostpepper]

[...Oh yeah, that would be a good thing to ask. But she gives Minato a gentle jab with her elbow before putting a hand over one of his.]

Of course he's okay, he's our son. You remember the healing power the Kyuubi's chakra has? But Naruto's only got half of his chakra...

...You are okay, right?

[Such faith she has in him... Her empty hand may have started gripping a little at the bedspread to keep from darting over and checking him for any scars.]

[believeit]

Eh? Yeah, of course I'm okay!

[Back then he was tired, injured minorly, but nothing serious.]

It'll be okay.

[aflashoffaith]

[There's a short exhaled huff at Kushina's jab, but he couldn't help but be worried regardless. A Kyuubi's host idea of "okay" was a lot different to a non-host's version.]

Just asking.

[He held his hands up in front him, the gesture a bit of a teasing truce before he lowered them again.]